TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – October 8, 2023

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

TODAY’S MASS INTENTIONS:

9AM: Parishioners of St. Emeric Parish

11AM: The Verkoly Family, by the Family

MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS FOR THE COMING WEEK:

FROM THE DESK OF FR. BONA: (1) I will be away this week from the parish for few days. I am going to a canon law conference in Milwaukee, WI. For this reason, I will not have daily Mass Monday through Thursday. The Mass intentions that were scheduled for this week I will take with me and offer the Masses there. If there is an emergency, please call your closest, neighboring parish. Also, please know that hospitals ordinarily are covered by Catholic chaplains or substituting priests. If you are in the hospital, please ask for the staff to call the Catholic priest chaplain or a Catholic priest on duty. It is not enough to say “Catholic chaplain” as a chaplain may not be a priest. If there is another urgent matter, please email me at rbona@dioceseofcleveland.org. I will keep you all in my prayers.

(2) This Sunday we have a special Hungarian feast. On October 8, Hungarian liturgical calendar lists Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Hungary. In Hungarian language a title Boldogasszony, also called Nagyboldogasszony, is given to the Blessed Mother. It is the Hungarian equivalent of the Beata Virgo (Latin: “Blessed Virgin”), referring to the Virgin Mary as the patron saint of the Hungarian nation. Originally, Boldogasszony was probably one of the main deities of pagan Magyar mythology. The name was transferred to the Virgin Mary on the advice of St. Gerard of Csanad (Gerard Sagredo), one of the chief Christian evangelizers of Hungary. Stephen I, the first Hungarian king (997–1038), offered his country to Mary as the patroness of the Hungarians (Magyarok Nagyasszonya) at the end of his reign. As a consequence, the country was often referred to as Mary’s realm, the Regnum Marianum. On the occasion of the country’s millennial celebrations (1896), Pope Leo XIII sent an encyclical letter to the Hungarian nation, granting permission for Hungarian Catholics to celebrate the feast of the patroness Boldogasszony.

(3) This Sunday (October 8), at 11AM the music is provided by our Youth choir.

 VOTE “NO” ON NOVEMBER BALLOTT ISSUE 1: If this proposed amendment is not defeated, it would (1) Put women at risk: • Health and safety standards in Ohio could be eliminated. Doctors could no longer need to examine a woman or explain the risks of the abortion procedure ahead of time. (2) Threaten parental rights: • A fifteen-year-old could have an abortion without her parents knowing. Current Ohio law requires parental notification and consent before a child under 18 can obtain an abortion. These parental right protections could be removed as they directly conflict with the amendment which would allow all individuals, including minors, to make their own reproductive decisions. (3) Allow for abortions of fully formed babies: • Abortion would be legal through all 9 months of pregnancy. Physicians at an abortion clinic could use a woman’s age or emotional well-being as a reason to perform an abortion in the 3rd trimester.

OUR PATRONAL FEASTDAY: On November 5, we will celebrate our patronal feastday.

NEW SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE: 9AM Mass in English and 11AM Mass in Hungarian.

VINCENT DE PAUL BLANKET SUNDAY is next weekend is Blanket Sunday, sponsored by the Diocesan St. Vincent de Paul Society. When you make a financial donation, your money will go even further through bulk purchases of blankets and other items for the homeless and poor individuals in our own metropolitan area. You may also donate online at www.svdpcle.org.

LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: ST. EMERIC PARISH: Collection: $2,515; special donation: $500; maintenance: $150; May God reward your generosity in supporting the church. Thank you for sending in your donations by mail or using our website https://stemeric.com/donations/.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially for Bev Kimar, Teréz Kalász, Lajos Boday, Márta Takács, Zsuzsanna Hunyadi, Albert Kovács, Kathy Szabó, Kamilla Szabó, Dorothy Fromhercz, Alex Szaday, Virginia Kachmar, and Margaret Falk.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen

THIS SUNDAY the 11:00 AM Mass from St. Emeric church will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/saintemeric/ and https://stemeric.com/

LET US PRAY THREE HAIL MARYS FOR OUR PARISH EVERY DAY!

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